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Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, has been accused of orchestrating the arrest and detention of a young woman identified as Maryam Bukar, who was reportedly detained after a video call of a romantic nature with the Nigerian president surfaced.

In a video obtained by SaharaReporters, a man speaking in Hausa alleged that Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, was involved in Bukar’s arrest and continued detention.
The man claimed that Bukar has been held for about 10 months following the controversy surrounding the video call. He further stated that Ribadu initially acknowledged the detention was unlawful and urged the woman to remain calm.

“Mallam Nuhu Ribadu is being accused of arresting this innocent woman unlawfully. But what happened?” the man asked in the video.
He continued, “Tinubu was allegedly making video calls to her. She showed me the video call between her and Tinubu, the President of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“She recorded the video call in order to have evidence, so that she would have proof. She showed it to me. Wait, I saw the video call.”

Providing further details, he said, “She did not record Tinubu naked; he was wearing a jellabiya, and it was a romantic-style conversation.” Jellabiya is a traditional long, loose-fitting garment worn in parts of North Africa, the Middle East, and the Horn of Africa.
The man claimed that the situation may have triggered jealousy within the Presidential household.

“We do not know whether Tinubu intended to make her a kind of ‘second First Lady,’ which may be why Oluremi is allegedly jealous,” he alleged.

He further stated, “Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser, had a young woman named Maryam Bukar arrested simply because she confronted Tinubu about wanting her.” According to the source, Maryam was first arrested and detained for days on the grounds that she recorded the alleged video call involving President Tinubu. “Whatever happened, Nuhu Ribadu arrested her for four days on the grounds that she recorded that video call of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he said. He added that during that initial detention, Ribadu allegedly spoke with her and acknowledged that her arrest lacked legal basis.

“She called me; he sat down with her and told her to be patient, that her arrest was unlawful. He promised to give her and her family some money, but he did not fulfill that promise,” the man claimed.

The source further revealed that after her initial release, a petition was written regarding the matter.

“She called me and I wrote this petition. Now Ribadu has had her arrested again, and she has been detained for more than eight months since the 20th of June,” he alleged.
The case, according to him, has been formally lodged with the National Human Rights Commission.
“For over eight months now, she has been in detention. Her case has been registered with the National Human Rights Commission,” he said. The man called on the National Security Adviser to address the allegations and secure her release.

“We are calling on Nuhu Ribadu to immediately release Maryam Bukar or respond to this call,” he stated.

Meanwhile, in a petition dated April 4, 2025, addressed to the National Human Rights Commission by DATTIJO Multi-Purpose Business General Contract, Merchandise Trading, Supply & Distribution of General Goods, a complaint was lodged against the National Security Adviser. The petition was also copied to the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. The petition, titled “Petition and Complaint Against the NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, for Allegedly Giving an Illegal Order to Nigerian Military Personnel to Unlawfully Arrest Hajiya Maryam Bukar”, alleged that Nuhu Ribadu ordered the Nigerian military to unlawfully and forcefully arrest Maryam Bukar, described as a close associate of President Bola Tinubu. The petition further alleged that she was detained for four days simply because Alhaji Ibrahim Kabir Masari reportedly sent the NSA screen recordings of her video call with the President.

According to the petitioner, upon reviewing the video clip, nothing offensive or illegal was found in its content. It was also stated that the commando-style manner in which Maryam Bukar was arrested tarnished her reputation within her community and left her experiencing anxiety, depression, and psychological trauma. Additionally, the National Human Rights Commission, with reference number C/2025/CPR/746/HQ, acknowledged receipt of the petition on April 14, 2025.

In the acknowledgment letter signed by Faith Okeosisi on behalf of the Executive Secretary, the Commission stated that the complaint had been duly registered as C/2025/CPR/746/HQ and was receiving attention. It added that the petitioner would be informed of the outcome of the investigation in due course. The acknowledgment letter read in part: “The National Human Rights Commission is in receipt of your complaint dated 4th April, 2025, on the above subject matter.

"The complaint has been registered as C/2025/CPR/746/HQ and it is receiving attention.

"You shall be informed of the outcome of our investigation on the matter in due course.”

https://saharareporters.com/2026/02/19/nsa-nuhu-ribadu-accused-unlawfully-detaining-woman-ten-months-recording-alleged-romantic?

Osubrille o!! Can the Octogenarian still get it up? I highly doubt that.

2027 elections intrigues loading. The election go hot

We expect more propaganda. It's not new to us

Your write-up is disjointed, muddled up and with no clear explanation. who confronted who, who recorded, and who was in romantic call.

AMINDA:
Cc: fergie001, nlfpmod. Breaking news!

Things dey sup sha

So Mr. President self still dey run package? That’s interesting to know. He’s human after all.

However, I really don’t believe this story is true. If the lady in question is truly Tinubu’s side chick, then there is no way Ribadu will be able to keep her in detention for 10 months. That’s impossible.

seunmsg:
So Mr. President send still dey run package? That’s interesting to know. He’s human after all.

However, I really don’t believe this story is true. If the lady in question is truly Tinubu’s side chick, then there is no way Ribadu will be able to keep her in detention for 10 months. That’s impossible.

Leave Mr President alone make he run him package, make you sef run your package.

Sahara reporters are getting desperate

Stop using "allegedly " and do proper investigation stop publishing speculated Rumours

seunmsg:
So Mr. President send still dey run package? That’s interesting to know. He’s human after all.

However, I really don’t believe this story is true. If the lady in question is truly Tinubu’s side chick, then there is no way Ribadu will be able to keep her in detention for 10 months. That’s impossible.

They just told you an innocent lady is languishing in detention for the sole "offence" of having a video call with the president and this is all you can say. Did you not read that she was detained by Ribadu upon Remi Tinubu's instructions? What happened to arraigning her in court if she committed any offence?

Nadingo:
Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, has been accused of orchestrating the arrest and detention of a young woman identified as Maryam Bukar, who was reportedly detained after a video call of a romantic nature with the Nigerian president surfaced.

In a video obtained by SaharaReporters, a man speaking in Hausa alleged that Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, was involved in Bukar’s arrest and continued detention.
The man claimed that Bukar has been held for about 10 months following the controversy surrounding the video call. He further stated that Ribadu initially acknowledged the detention was unlawful and urged the woman to remain calm.

“Mallam Nuhu Ribadu is being accused of arresting this innocent woman unlawfully. But what happened?” the man asked in the video.
He continued, “Tinubu was allegedly making video calls to her. She showed me the video call between her and Tinubu, the President of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“She recorded the video call in order to have evidence, so that she would have proof. She showed it to me. Wait, I saw the video call.”

Providing further details, he said, “She did not record Tinubu naked; he was wearing a jellabiya, and it was a romantic-style conversation.” Jellabiya is a traditional long, loose-fitting garment worn in parts of North Africa, the Middle East, and the Horn of Africa.
The man claimed that the situation may have triggered jealousy within the Presidential household.

“We do not know whether Tinubu intended to make her a kind of ‘second First Lady,’ which may be why Oluremi is allegedly jealous,” he alleged.

He further stated, “Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser, had a young woman named Maryam Bukar arrested simply because she confronted Tinubu about wanting her.” According to the source, Maryam was first arrested and detained for days on the grounds that she recorded the alleged video call involving President Tinubu. “Whatever happened, Nuhu Ribadu arrested her for four days on the grounds that she recorded that video call of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he said. He added that during that initial detention, Ribadu allegedly spoke with her and acknowledged that her arrest lacked legal basis.

“She called me; he sat down with her and told her to be patient, that her arrest was unlawful. He promised to give her and her family some money, but he did not fulfill that promise,” the man claimed.

The source further revealed that after her initial release, a petition was written regarding the matter.

“She called me and I wrote this petition. Now Ribadu has had her arrested again, and she has been detained for more than eight months since the 20th of June,” he alleged.
The case, according to him, has been formally lodged with the National Human Rights Commission.
“For over eight months now, she has been in detention. Her case has been registered with the National Human Rights Commission,” he said. The man called on the National Security Adviser to address the allegations and secure her release.

“We are calling on Nuhu Ribadu to immediately release Maryam Bukar or respond to this call,” he stated.

Meanwhile, in a petition dated April 4, 2025, addressed to the National Human Rights Commission by DATTIJO Multi-Purpose Business General Contract, Merchandise Trading, Supply & Distribution of General Goods, a complaint was lodged against the National Security Adviser. The petition was also copied to the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. The petition, titled “Petition and Complaint Against the NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, for Allegedly Giving an Illegal Order to Nigerian Military Personnel to Unlawfully Arrest Hajiya Maryam Bukar”, alleged that Nuhu Ribadu ordered the Nigerian military to unlawfully and forcefully arrest Maryam Bukar, described as a close associate of President Bola Tinubu. The petition further alleged that she was detained for four days simply because Alhaji Ibrahim Kabir Masari reportedly sent the NSA screen recordings of her video call with the President.

According to the petitioner, upon reviewing the video clip, nothing offensive or illegal was found in its content. It was also stated that the commando-style manner in which Maryam Bukar was arrested tarnished her reputation within her community and left her experiencing anxiety, depression, and psychological trauma. Additionally, the National Human Rights Commission, with reference number C/2025/CPR/746/HQ, acknowledged receipt of the petition on April 14, 2025.

In the acknowledgment letter signed by Faith Okeosisi on behalf of the Executive Secretary, the Commission stated that the complaint had been duly registered as C/2025/CPR/746/HQ and was receiving attention. It added that the petitioner would be informed of the outcome of the investigation in due course. The acknowledgment letter read in part: “The National Human Rights Commission is in receipt of your complaint dated 4th April, 2025, on the above subject matter.

"The complaint has been registered as C/2025/CPR/746/HQ and it is receiving attention.

"You shall be informed of the outcome of our investigation on the matter in due course.”

https://saharareporters.com/2026/02/19/nsa-nuhu-ribadu-accused-unlawfully-detaining-woman-ten-months-recording-alleged-romantic?

This one that looks like statue so. Abegi

AMINDA:
They just told you an innocent lady is languishing in detention for the sole "offence" of having a video call with the president and this is all you can say. Did you not read that she was detained by Ribadu upon Remi Tinubu's instructions? What happened to arraigning her in court if she committed any offence?

Did you read where i wrote that I do not believe the story? If you are president, will anybody be able to detain your side chick for 10 months? Does the story make any sense to you?

This story get as he be.

seunmsg:
Did ypu read where i wrote that I do not believe the story? If you are president, will anybody be able to detain your side chick for 10 months? Does the story make any sense to you?

If he has a fetish for random fair fulani girls and one of the "boys" arranges one for him who ends up recording their video calls? Will he be bothered about her? Especially with his vindictive wife being involved?

She recorded the video call in order to have evidence, so that she would have proof. She showed it to me. Wait, I saw the video call.”

Did she inform Tinubuu that she was video recording the call? If she didn't, that means she committed crimes against the law.

The law requires you to inform the other party that is involved if you want to record the conversation between the two of you

If she didn't, it could be likend to blackmail

CLOUDRepublic:
Did she inform Tinubuu that she was video recording the call? If she didn't, that means she committed crimes against the law.

The law requires you to inform the other party that is involved if you want to record the conversation between the two of you

10 months later, why has she not been charged? Are we in a dictatorship? Why was the news buried? This further shows how lax those around the president are with his security.

AMINDA:
10 months later, why has she not been charged? Are we in a dictatorship? Why was the news buried? This further shows how lax those around the president are with his security.

You can be held longer than that.
It's the president for a reason

AMINDA:
If he has a fetish for random fair fulani girls and one of the "boys" arranges one for him who ends up recording their video calls? Will he be bothered about her? Especially with his vindictive wife being involved?

Stop imposing your imagination on the president. He is not a randy philanderer like Atiku who we heard also sticks it into shithole of small boys.

seunmsg:
Stop imposing your imagination on the president. He is not a randy philanderer like Atiku who we heard also sticks it into shithole of small boys.

Tell us more. Has he stuck it into yours before? Tell NSA and Tinubu to let the young girl go. If this was a sane country, it will make the Epstein files. Nigeria is not a dictatorship.

The girl don use A.I enter wahala...But the write up on thread keeps repeating sentences, no clear explanation.

Hope not fabricated? More impunity kept on exposing more lawlessness and impunity.

Tinubu dey carry hookup?

What a joke!

Our politicians and man power be like 5 and 6.

Which tinubu?

The one whose battery died a long time ago or another one? 😅😅

Mummy see oo 😅

mascot87:
We expect more propaganda. It's not new to us

You are even yet to receive a quarter of what you gave to Jonathan. 🤣🤣

Christistruth00:
Sahara reporters are getting desperate

Stop using "allegedly " and do proper investigation stop publishing speculated Rumours

So Sahara should go and ask Tinubu off the story is true? 😆😆

seunmsg:
Stop imposing your imagination on the president. He is not a randy philanderer like Atiku who we heard also sticks it into shithole of small boys.

Not a randy philanderer?

And I thought you were a lagosian. 🤣

lol Sowore and his super story again.

Ai don deceive them. I’m sure Obidient go fall in love with this story

She intends to Blackmail the president, abeg keep her away.